How-To: Choose a Land Rover Test System: WDS T4 vs. Autologic Diagnostic Systems

J.E. Robison of Robison Service in Massachusetts  provides an interesting article / review guide about choosing a diagnostic test system for Land Rover diagnostics.  It is perhaps more applicable to a repair shop that specializes in Land Rovers than for an individual do-it-yourselfer.  It begins:

ROBISON ON ROVERS
Choosing a Land Rover Test System
The T4 vs. Autologic

Welcome to this special installment of Robison on Rovers. In most of my columns I’ve talked about problem with Land Rovers, or things we can do with them. This time, we’re going to look at testing Rovers. In particular, we’ll focus on the equipment needed to test the sophisticated electronic systems on late model vehicles.

I’m sure some of you are thinking, “Great! Robison is going to review all those $200 scanners and tell me which one will fix my air suspension and airbags!”

If that’s what you’re thinking, you’re going to be disappointed. Today, we’re going to look at the Real Deals to test Land Rover vehicles. There are two, in my opinion.

The T4, from Omnitec Interro. The T4 can run the Land Rover’s latest software, IDS, from SPX. I’ve lumped them all together in this review.The Autologic, from Diagnos
These tools are priced in the $5,000 - $15,000 range, so you need to be serious about your rover addiction to buy one. But if you are, read on.

Read the full review here.